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Issue: Vol. 5792 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5792.1.5
Page range: 103-115
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A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with the Hercules beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in China

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong; China; Shandong Province Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Centre for Comprehensive Management of Agricultural and Forestry Crop Diseases and Pests in the Yellow River Basin.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong; China; Shandong Province Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Centre for Comprehensive Management of Agricultural and Forestry Crop Diseases and Pests in the Yellow River Basin.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong; China; Shandong Province Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Centre for Comprehensive Management of Agricultural and Forestry Crop Diseases and Pests in the Yellow River Basin.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong; China; Shandong Province Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Centre for Comprehensive Management of Agricultural and Forestry Crop Diseases and Pests in the Yellow River Basin.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Shandong Agricultural University; Taian; Shandong; China; Shandong Province Higher Education Collaborative Innovation Centre for Comprehensive Management of Agricultural and Forestry Crop Diseases and Pests in the Yellow River Basin.
Acari insect associated mite predatory mite Hypoaspidinae morphology

Abstract

A new species of the genus Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1885, Hypoaspis lisongorum sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of the female and male, collected from a larva of Dynastes hercules hercules (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in China.

 

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How to Cite

Xu, J.-X., Song, X.-Q., Lu, W.-Z., Xie, L.-X. & Yan, Y. (2026) A new species of Hypoaspis Canestrini (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with the Hercules beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in China. Zootaxa, 5792 (1), 103–115. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5792.1.5